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40k gallon pool losing ~1/4" a day with 70 degree temps doesn't make sense so I'm guessing I have a slow leak somewhere. Any suggestions on how best to go about figuring out where?? I don't have much time these days what with baseball and work and life with 2 kids so I'm contemplating calling...

I’m struggling to find high percentage muriatic acid here in central Illinois. The stuff I find is $15 a gallon and low percentage. Am I better off just buying pH reducer at Walmart or the local pool supply or are there other options that I should consider?

All I can find these days around here is Kleanstrip and it’s really low % acid. There are labels at every store saying that it has a chemical that reacts with chlorine and it shouldn’t be used for pools. What’s up with that? And where’s a good source to get the good stuff?

Can someone please send me to the best thread for this subject? First time this year doing it myself! Thanks!

I have a previously installed timer on my pump that my new SWG is NOT tied into. I notice that if my pump shuts off the SWG stops generating because it flashes the green “no flow” light. My question is whether or not this might harm it over time if I am timing off power for 6 hours every night...

Just got my new saltwater generator up and running for our pool opening on a 40k gallon above ground sand filter pool. What's a good timeline for getting everything in order? Pool is green as can be about 3 foot clarity with a 9 foot deep end. What is the best pool test kit for a SW pool?

We put in a new blue liner this season and I noticed that this latest SLAM has started to prematurely bleach an area in our deep end (9 foot) that I also regularly see dirt and debris collecting. So--in short, I will spend longer time pouring liquid chlorine in front of the return moving...

I'm a 5th year TF pool user/fan and am a bit stumped on what's happening with my pool right now. I'll add my current readings below as well as some notes on clarity and other things I believe may be pertinent to my issues. I"m looking for help on what to do next as we have a big pool party...

About a week ago now my pool starting losing ~ 2 inches per day and at the same time my 7+ year old liner starting to wrinkle in various parts on mostly the floor in the shallow and deep ends. Pool is a fiberglass shell and vinyl liner. The liner pattern is nearly completely bleached out due...

I have the following readings 4 weeks into startup with addition of high iron hard well water on a weekly basis. Can anyone help me understand if TA is high what I should do differently and if that even matters? CC-.5 FC-2 TA-180 (rose from start of 100) CYA-10 PH-7.6

So I've already added enough CYA to up the amount to 10 (according to bottle directions) but it's still at 0. This is powder form. Regardless, all of my other readings have been in the right range for over 2 weeks straight (including CC below 0.5 and FC around 2-3) by adding about a gallon of...

I have a TF-100 test kit that is going on its second season. I'm nearly out of CYA reagent and when I used it today it never registered any CYA at all. Seems strange given that I ended the season around 90 doesn't it? Is the reagent bad perhaps? While we're at it, do I need to replace all of...

Split by moderator from HERE. Please start your own thread for your own questions. Thanks, jblizzle How much polyquat and at what concentration (I've never bought it and have no idea what to get) for a 40k gallon inground pool?

I've used the pool calculator to estimate the amount of MA needed to lower ph from 8.0 to 7.2 (approximately 1/2 gallon). I added a full gallon of MA and my ph has hardly dropped anything noticeable. Using the tf100 test kit. Any suggestions? Got the MA from Lowes.

When I move from filter to the backwash I lose pressure in the filter trap. Why would this be happening?

This will be my first year following the BBB method entirely. Trial was end of last year as I wasn't willing to empty my pool to the level it was needed in order to get my CYA down. I had a professional close my pool really late. It was crystal clear when we closed and he threw in a 3 month...

So, after my first year of running my pool here in Illinois and subscribing to this forum it is all starting to make sense (sometimes it takes a while for me to grasp concepts without actually experiencing them). Here's what happened this year: I started out with acceptable ranges of everything...

Hello everyone, I am in my first full year of pool ownership. I have a 35,000 gallon sand filter pool with a chlorinator. At the start of this year we shocked the pool with a large dose of liquid chlorine and a large amount of phosphorus remover (which the pool store is constantly selling me...